Right wing Christians often side with the (redneck) Atheist mentality and vice versa (perhaps inadvertently, perhaps intentionally, who knows). All I know is it goes against the grain of all of Jesus' teaching to love God and love others, but hey who cares when you can set your own religious agenda and use God's name to try and support it, right?
I am actually a Christian (not just nominal, but practising also). I'm obviously not a right wing one, but I'm a Christian, who still supports particular views and values nonetheless. The Christian right has always annoyed me, but now I am deeply saddened by the way many more moderate Christians in the US, and even here, are supporting Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon and going to great lengths on social media to convince us all that he is one of us, God's chosen one blah, blah. It's insulting!
I'm certainly not against the idea that people can change their ways from being a complete A–hole to become a decent human being, that sinners can be redeemed etc - after all I am one of those people and I still struggle to be decent sometimes because I'm human, but forgiveness is for everyone if they can humble themselves, are truly repentant and are willing to change. I see none of that humility in Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon to indicate that he is willing to change at all.
Despite his shady past, the manner in which he has made his billions, how he mocks and belittles anyone he doesn't like or who doesn't agree with him, his penchant for assaulting and degrading women then passing it off as something that all men do, his obvious hate for people of other nationalities and his petulant behaviour when criticising his opponents and others, Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon still thinks he is great and doesn't need forgiveness because he doesn't have anything to apologise for (his words, not mine). Not the words of a humble Christian man, or even a man who is willing to concede he may need to temper his views a bit, more the words of a narcissist, imo.
The Christians are deceived because Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon has talked about God and thrown around a few Bible verses in his speeches - how dumb can you be? I hate it when politicians do this sort of crap just to get the votes. I'd rather have a self-professed non-believer in charge, than a person who pretends to be a God-loving Christian just so he can win over a majority and get into office. It's pure deception. Hitler did a lot of things in the name of God too apparently.
Sorry for the long post.
My main argument in all this is,it doesn't matter how you were raised,by who and in what era,everyone knows right from wrong….the excuse of ( it was his or her upbringing that caused this) is garbage..too many times I have heard the rhetoric garbage that comes out of the mouths of the guilty caught in the act ....for example,Iam a Catholic raised in a Christian society,I have been taught from a young age one of the10 commandments,that being,"" thou shalt not kill""it is wrong to take a life,however,within the terrorists groups who preach Islam,the more inoccent men,women and children they can kill they will be rewarded with 50 virgins in the after life...this is where our societies completely differ from each other,if they want that reward then why not stay in their own countries and kill as many of their own they want...it is not welcome in our wonderful community of multicultural kinship..unfortunately it is further widespread than we realise and if someone wants to find an end to it,albeit,whether its Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon or someone else.. :frowning:
Anyone heard of the KKK ??
The heavily influenced Christian racist group KKK?? That one? The group that believes in the same god and teachings and preachings from the same book you follow? That group? Is that the group you are referring to?
yep, I have heard of them, although they were relevant about 80 years ago. Are we talking about history or today, how far back should we go to find something your comfortable with to support your anti white man lefty agenda, just the turn of the 20th century far back enough? Maybe 200 hundred, 300 hundred, 500 years?
I have however heard of a massively racist modern day movement BLM. Anyone heard of them?